South Africa’s president played down the roiling political situation in Zimbabwe after meeting Saturday with Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, an aging strongman whose government has refused to release two-week-old election results that may have handed him defeat. Zimbabwe Plight Is ‘Normal,’ South African Says Continue reading Zimbabwe Plight Is ‘Normal,’ South African Says
Twenty percent of scientists admit to using performance-enhancing prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, according to a survey released Wednesday by Nature, Britain’s top science journal. Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study Continue reading Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study
A few months ago, I decided that my new favorite blog was Stuff White People Like. If you don’t keep up with all the snarky, zeitgeisty corners of the Internet, Stuff White People Like is a pseudo-anthropological list mocking the habits, tastes and whims of people of non-color. Liking What White People Like Continue reading Liking What White People Like
Sometime in 2005, an iPod billboard was culture jammed. The New York advertisement – a hipster in silhouette holding the must-have accessory – was affixed with a speech bubble in which some wag wrote: “I steal music, and I’m not going away.” All hail era of the digital punk pirate Continue reading All hail era of the digital punk pirate
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